Oxfam rolls out community mapping exercise in Zimbabwe

Oxfam in Zimbabwe has recently rolled out a community mapping exercise on women economic empowerment and care in Seke,Caledonia, Bubi, Masvingo and Gutu Districts.

The organisation said the mapping exercise was designed to highlight physical structures, strategic organisations and institutions that could be utilized to create a meaningful and effective programme that addresses the ingrained heavy and
unequal distribution of unpaid care work targeting women in these areas.

"The detailed community mapping exercise involving both men and women ranging from youths to elders has created a living record of the context with regards women economic empowerment in most Peri urban to rural areas and specifically in the targeted districts," the organisation reported.

"As a result an understating of how Oxfam and partners can plan and make strategic decisions in an effort to reduce and redistribute unpaid care work within the household is becoming clearer. The community-mapping tool has collected data, which is critical to the technical and social aspect of the implementation of the women economic empowerment and care project with regards to Water Sanitation and Hygiene services and the infrastructure expected to reduce the existing gapes in care work."